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Adjective: infective  in'fek-tiv
  1. Able to cause disease
    "infective agents"
    - morbific, pathogenic, pathogenetic
     
  2. Caused by infection or capable of causing infection
    "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"
    - infectious

See also: infect, infected, septic, unhealthful

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